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Quarry Hill Creative Center in Rochester, VT, founded 1946 by Barbara and Irving Fiske, is Vermont's oldest alternative community and at one time was probably also its largest. In the 60s -80s, as many as 90 people lived here.It was and is visited each year, often in summer (but in every season, really) by visitors from all over the world.We welcome interesting and creative people who are peaceful, bring no weapons, don't believe in hitting children or killing animals, and enjoy the beauty of Vermont and of themselves.Most of us do not adhere to any particular dogma or religion, though many do find Eastern philosophy closest to our own thought (some of us are also members of the Quakers/Society of Friends).We value the individual, particularly people who are energetic and have a sense of humor.Visitors are welcome-- and prospective residents, too. There are some places for rent, others for sale. If interested, get in touch!And, please follow the Blog and comment whenever you like!

"The symbol is the enemy of the reality, and the reality is ever one's true guide, true friend, true companion, and true self." Irving Fiske, 1908-1990

Book Description: London and Quarry Hill: Shaw Society and Irving Fiske, 1951, 1979. Small 8vo, 18pp. Stapled wrappers. Some browning. Very good. Exact photographic facsimile of the original edition published in 1951 at ShawÕs behest. The cover has been enlarged and a portrait of Blake added. The brief biography of Irving Fiske is new. Bentley, BBS, p. 472 E. Bookseller Inventory # 101462

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Irving's Thoughts on TV are now Valuable

8. Where Does Television Belong? This is not a book but an article, ad or vintage paper item
Fiske, Irving
Bookseller: Hammonds Antiques & Books (St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.)
Bookseller Rating: 4-star rating
Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Harpers Magazine, 1939. Book Condition: Very Good. very good condition; SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE Article These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed with backing board, in mylar., Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed with backing board, in mylar., Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; NOVI008427; 5 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 82750

Recent Films I liked!

Star Trek!

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Buy a copy of "Bernard Shaw's Debt to William Blake" by Irving Fiske

Printed 1979, with afterword by Ladybelle Fiske and a drawing of William Blake by Barbara Fiske, this little pamphlet is a classic, praised by GBS and Colin Wilson, and is generally recognized as the one essay that sees Shaw as a religious thinker in the sense that Blake is a religious thinker. "I also am among the Prophets"-- G.B.S.
"Let (this essay) not be forgotten, even when I am no longer remembered"-- George Bernard Shaw
$4.00 plus $2.00 for postage
Ladybelle Fiske
606 Fiske Road #23
Rochester, VT 05767
ladybellefiske@gmail.com
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WELCOME to Quarry Hill's BLOG

Thanks for visiting our page, and thank you for all the comments and for "liking" and "tweeting" some of what we have to say.I am glad that some seem to have liked it, and will try to keep adding things that are of interest to whomever may be kind enough to stop by.Visit the real place, too, if you like, perhaps this summer. Leave a post with contact e mail or whatever means of contact you prefer.If you are planning to stop by in the middle of summer, please, do let us know first. 802 767 3902Thanks,Isabella Fiske McFarlin (Ladybelle)and everyone here.